Joanna Jedrzejczyk thinks Weili Zhang will crush Carla Esparza to regain the UFC strawweight title, predicting an easy first-round KO victory for ‘Magnum’.
Jedrzejczyk suffered a highlight-reel spinning backfist KO loss to Zhang at UFC 275 and admitted she was surprised with how strong Zhang was in the clinch.
Zhang’s strength, Jedrzejczyk says, will be the difference-maker against Esparza. The former UFC strawweight champion thinks Esparza will panic when she can’t take Zhang down and get knocked out early.
“First round for Weili Zhang,” Jedrzejczyk, who retired following her loss to Zhang, told reporters at the UFC 275 post-fight press conference (h/t MMA Junkie).